Archive for the 'Marketing' Category

Wal Mart’s latest online move is to cash in on the Teen Scene with their own MySpace clone… The Hub The power of social networking sites is such that even the biggest retailer in the world had to take a look. From AdAge: Desperate to appeal to teens with something other than pencils and backpacks [...]

Yvonne Shortt started a home based business with $865 so she could spend more time with her two daughters. Now she averages over $50,000 per month gross revenue and her one luxury is a Steinway Baby Grand Piano. She saved labor costs at first by using College Interns who got college credit and a stipend [...]

Here’s the latest “Mentos and Diet Coke” video that brought in $30,000 of ad revenue so far. Click to see it for yourself… I think my children and will get some mentos and diet coke and see what we can do for fun after watching these videos… and to think people are making money from [...]

David Frey of Marketing Best Practices had a recent ezine giving an example of a “Breaking News Postcard” from the “Copywriting Chiropractor”, “Doc Nielsen” The effectiveness of this campaign hinges on 5 factors… 1. “News” format attracts attention… a post card might do the same thing depending on your business. 2. Designed to be read [...]

As I was out snooping around yesterday, I found how one realtor uses the ‘net to his advantage as a powerful lead generator. As you know homes are listed on the Multiple Listing Service and agent input new data all the time. Most home buyers depend on an agent to track down new leads or [...]

I spent quite a bit of time tracking this information down yesterday on this opportunity where you can have your office at home but you have to go out and meet people… and my source was a bit “closed mouth”. Still, I think there’s enough here to show you where to look for this opportunity [...]

Gerald Nehra comments on dangerous proposed changes in rules regarding the marketing of business opportunities. The potentially far reaching effects could keep people from learning about valuable opportunities in the name of protecting people not willing to assume their fair share of risk for legitimate opportunities. FTC—WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? by Gerald P. Nehra Brief [...]

You’ve heard you need to ask for the order in a variety of ways. But how many ways can you do that and not repeat yourself? Here, experienced copywriter Galen Stilson shares 7 ways to ask for the money! By Galen Stilson via MelissaData.com Noted copywriter and consultant Galen Stilson shares his advice on how [...]

TeachersPayTeachers.com is a new website that allows educators who’ve invested their personal time creating curriculum and teaching materials that work and have proven it in their classrooms can now profit from their hard work. Often educators are torn. They love teaching. They are innovative. They invest long after school hours to develop the materials they [...]

There have always been deals cut to sell empty advertising space and empty air time at the last minute. Once the publisher goes to press or the air time passes any opportunity to generate revenue is gone. So even ads sold at a deep discount give the media outlets more than they’d otherwise make. These [...]